Adjustable garment-form.



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M. SELUBSKY. ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM. APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1912. 1084 235 Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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MICHAEL SELUBSKY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1 3, 1914.

Application filed July 18, 1912. Serial No. 710,324.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL SELUBsKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 21 Ellery street, Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Garment-Forms; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to adjustable forms for garment makers and moreparticularly to that class wherein the body and skirt portions are madeof several sections and are adjustably connected to one another.

An object of my invention is to provide such a form of the mostdesirable number of parts which when in both closed and extendedpositions will give the best fit and most natural shape for the fittingof a garment thereon.

Another object of my invention is to provide adjustability for such aform which may be most easily accessible from the eX- terior of the formwithout passing the hands of the operator through the arm hole and onein which the vertical movement may be regulated by a series of rodswhich may be locked in the desired position and which are accessiblebelow the body portion of the form.

A further object is the provision of the adjustments through frictionmeans so that the several parts may be moved easily from the outside andwhich parts remain in their fixed position until otherwise moved.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specificationappended claims and drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the device. Fig. 3 is a sectional view thereof showing the in teriorof the back sections, Fig. 4: is a perspective view of several sectionsshowing them moved apart, Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view as onthe line 55 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view as onthe line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

1n garment forms, it is impracticable to have a different form for eachperson for whom garments are to be made so to overcome this objection, aform having the proportions of a small person may be made adjustable bybeing made of a number of sections which fit compactly when moved inclose relation to one another and which sections may be moved apart fromeach other so as to increase any dimension as desired as for instance,the waist, bustand hip measurements may be varied with respect to oneanother and the height of the form may be adjusted with respect to therelative positions of the shoulders, waist and hip lines.

I am aware that adjustable forms exist although impracticable in havingthe body portion made of eight sections which when moved apart leavegreat intervals of space which present no foundation upon which to workbut I have overcome this objection by having a form made of a greaternumber of parts or sections which in turn present a greater number ofspaces when the several sections are moved apart and thereby allowingthe several spaces to be of reduced width and more thoroughly protected.The form also assumes a more natural. resemblance to the human figure bythe use of number of parts. I appreciate the matter of degree inincreasing the number of parts but by the increased number of sections,I accomplish results which are impossible with forms composed of but afew parts.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this application, 10 indicatesa base of any desired form which for simplicity is shown as a tripod andfrom this base rises a standard 11 which is threaded as at 12 on theupper part of its length.

The threaded portion 12 has the nuts 13, 14: and 15 thereon and the knob16 upon the upper end as shown, and the several nuts with the knob 16hold the diaphragm 17 in vertical adjustable position and the slottedtongues 18 in horizontal adjustable position. the nuts 13 and 14 holdingthe diaphragm 17 and the nut 15 and knob 16 holding the tongues 18.

The tongues 18 are secured to and support the neck sections 19 of whichthere are four or as many more as are found desirable and to which necksections 19, the shoulder sections 20 are adjustably secured. Thesections 19 and 20 constitute the upper part of the form and to them aresecured the middle sections 21, of which eight are shown but it isunderstood that this number may be increased if desired. Secured to thelower ends of the middle sections are the hip sections 22 and thesections 19, 20, 21 and 22 are secured to the adjacent sections byfrictional members comprising the links 23 and 24, which have one end ofeach connected or otherwise secured to the other and the opposite end ofeach-connected or otherwise secured to one or another of the sectionsconstituting the form. As all of the frictional members are alike, thedescription of one will suflice for all and as shown by the drawings,each section is connected to the adjacent ones by as many of thesefrictional members as are necessary. By'this construction, the height ofthe form is practically divided into three lengths which aresubstantially the bust, the waist and hip sections and these sectionsare capable of adjustment from the adjacent ones in both lateral andvertical directions so as to permit the adjustment of all or anysections.

The hip sections are further provided with ears 25 which extend atsubstantially right angles from the inside thereof and these ears areconnected by links 23 and 241- to ears 26 extending from the under sideof the diaphragm 17. This construct-ion is to permit the desiredadjustment with respect to the diaphragm and to hold the entire form infixed position thereto.

The waist sections 21 are provided with ears 27 which receive the upperends of the substantially vertical bars 28 which bars have the nuts 29and 30 thereon, the nuts 29 hearing against the under side of the ears27 and the nuts 30 hearing against the upper side of the ears 27. Thebars 28 extend downwardly through the diaphragm 17 through the collars31 which are secured to the underside of the diaphragm 17 and thesecollars have thumb screws 32 passing through the walls thereof, whichscrews serve to hold the bars in the desired vertical adjustment. Thelower ends of the bars 28 have handles 33 secured thereon which handlesserve for the manipulation of the bars.

The lowest or hip sections 22 have the skeleton frames extendingdownwardly therefrom which frames comprise the vertical strips 24; andthe horizontal bars 35. The vertical strips of these frames areconnected by frictional links 23 and 24 to the adjacent ones to permitthe lateral adjustment of these frames and one of the horizontal bars ofeach frame is connec-ted by the links 36 and 37 to a collar 38 carriedby the standard One of the links is secured to an ear formed on thehorizontal bar and the opposite end of the other link is secured to anear formed on the collar, each of the links having one end thereofconnected to the other as shown.

It is apparent from the foregoing that each section is securely held bythe construction shown in the drawings and by the mode of the coupling,one section to the adjacent ones, each section is absolutely adjustablewith respect to the rest and each set of sec- .tions is adjustable withthe adjoining ones so that from a normal size, the form may be enlargedas desired.

I am aware that numerous modifications may be made within the scope ofthis invention and I do not restrict myself to the form shown in thedrawings which is for illustrative purposes only and Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim:

1. In an adjustable garment form, a plurality of sections, each of saidsections having independent horizontal and vertical adjustableconnection with the adjacent ones, a support for the several sections, adiaphragm carried by said support and means carried by said diaphragmfor adjusting the sections vertically independently of each other.

2. In an adjustable garment form, a plurality of sections, a support forsaid sections, each of said sections having independent adjustment withthe adjacent sections, said sections forming vertical and horizontalseries, the uppermost sections having adjustable connection with saidsupport, a diaphragm carried by said support, each of said verticalseries of sections except the neck sections having adjustable connectionwith said diaphragm independently of the others, and bars adjustablycarried by said diaphragm having connection with one of said series ofsect-ions, said bars being adjustable independently of each other, andsaid diaphragm being adjustable on said support to adjust the sections.

3. In an adjustable garment form, a plurality of sections whichconstitute a form, said sections being arranged in vertical andhorizontal series, each of said sections having independent horizontaland vertical connection with the adjacent ones, a support for saidsections, a diaphragm adjustably secured to said support, independentadjustable connection between said diaphragm and some of said sectionsto control the increased perimeter of the form, collars secured to saiddiaphragm, vertical bars adjustably secured in said collars andconnection between said bars and some of said sections.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MICHAEL SELUBSKY.

lVitnesses Ross SELUBSKY, BENJAMIN BINN.

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